Hypertext Webster Gateway: "retrieve"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, v. i. (Sport.)
To discover and bring in game that has been killed or
wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. --Walsh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, n.
1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term.
[Obs.] --Nares.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retrieved}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Retrieving}.] [OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find
again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver;
pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See
{Trover}.]
1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss
or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve
independence.
With late repentance now they would retrieve The
bodies they forsook, and wish to live. --Dryden
2. To recall; to bring back.
To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits.
--Berkeley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
retrieve
v 1: get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control
of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
[syn: {recover}, {find}, {regain}]
2: of trained dogs
3: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection: "I can't
remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her
last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?" "Do
you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
[syn: {remember}, {recall}, {call back}, {call up}, {recollect},
{remind}, {think}] [ant: {forget}]
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